The History Of Liberalism

  1. Liberalism came under attack during and after the New Deal. What was the basis to the New Deal that some
    people felt to be "un-American" and what impact did the Cold War have on this criticism?
  2. How did the Cold War have an impact on Civil Rights?
  3. How did the Cold War have an impact on perceptions of the War in Vietnam from 1964-1974?
    Book: Edwards et alia., America’s History (volume 2, ninth edition) and Howard Zinn, A People’s History of the
    United States. (20th anniversary edition, 2003)
    Reading from the book
    Edwards, Chapter 22 “Managing the Depression, Forging the New Deal” (678-693)
    Zinn, Chapter 15 “Self Help in Hard Times” (377-406)
    Edwards, Chapter 24 “Cold War America” (748-767)
    Edwards, Chapter 26 “Walking into Freedom Land: The Civil Rights Movement” (810-842)
    Edwards, Chapter 27 “Uncivil Wars: Liberal Crisis and Conservative Rebirth” (846-852; 869-876)
    Zinn, Chapter 18 “The Impossible Victory: Vietnam” (469-502)